Onions in cooking are used in raw, boiled, fried, pickled and salted types. Although to preserve all the useful properties, minimal thermal exposure is recommended. Onions can be both a flavor seasoning for the main dish (and it is combined with meat, fish, rice, potatoes, flour products, cottage cheese, and other vegetables), and the basis of the recipe. Many national cuisines have their own “branded” culinary products, in which onions can be called a key ingredient: French onion soup, British onion pie, etc. There are some culinary tricks that will allow you to cook this product (or a dish based on it) as tasty as possible: If you add a little granulated sugar to the oil during frying, the onions will brown better. So that the chopped onion does not burn during sauteing, before sending it to the frying pan, you should roll the “straw” in flour. Then it will simply acquire a reddish hue. Onions can be added to minced meat not only to improve the taste, but also to extend the shelf life of the meat part. To get rid of onion bitterness in the manufacture of salads, raw onions are slightly scalded with boiling water, and hands and knife are smeared with wet salt.
When choosing onions, preference should be given to dense clean heads, without damage, holes and stains. The sweetness-bitterness of a vegetable depends not only on the variety, but also on the length of daylight in the place of cultivation (southern onions are considered sweeter), the mineral content of the soil, the softness of the climate, the abundance of precipitation, etc. For example, with a large amount of annual precipitation, sulfur is actively washed out of the soil, which creates prerequisites for growing a sweeter vegetable. However, in general, it is believed that white varieties have a stronger flavor and are better suited for filling pies, red and purple ones have a sweet taste and are well combined in salads and marinades, and the Spanish variety is softer and sweeter, as well as onions with yellow–brown husks are better suited for frying.
The pleasant and delicate taste of young broccoli combined with the piquant taste of classic French mayonnaise sauce gives a rather interesting bouquet. I like to leave tomatoes and onions in the sauce in pieces (they turn out soft when preparing the sauce), but if you want a more tender one, chop the broccoli in a blender before adding the sauce. This dish can be prepared for breakfast on weekends or served as a snack on a festive table. It can be used as a vegetable side dish.
A dish from the category “in a hurry”. Just 20-25 minutes of your time – and a hearty, nutritious and delicious dinner on the table. Tender, juicy, soft chicken fillet in cream sauce.
French salads include their tenderness and elegance of presentation. This salad fully combines these features. Each of the products laid in neat layers brings its own unique shade to a single harmonious taste of the salad.
Canapes of liver cakes with fragrant delicious layers of two different sauces. A festive and delicious snack. Cooking is simple and relaxed. Your guests will be satisfied. Try to cook.
Classic sandwiches on a festive table are boring, hackneyed and uninteresting. But these canapes with juicy meat and apples will make a splash among the guests!
This is my mom’s recipe… It seems that there is no such thing on the site… After long holidays, salads and others like them are already sick, I want something simpler. I love them very much: canapes can be served on a festive table – for a change! Of course, this is an amateur dish, from the category of “cheap and angry”. Perhaps even useful for the body… I will be glad if someone likes it and comes in handy!!!